In Pictures: The Most Eye-Popping Celebrity Bling

Used to be, sheer glamour made celebrities sparkle on the red carpet. Nowadays the twinkle is more likely to radiate from the mounds of bling that stars pack on before every paparazzi line. The prevailing wisdom in Hollywood--that bigger is unquestionably better--applies to celebrity ice, which has become so ostentatious in recent months that celebrities like Jaime Foxx and Paris Hilton are even spotted quaffing Bling H20--spring water in a Swarovski-encrusted corked bottle that sells for over $35 a pop.

Lil Jon

The World's Biggest Bling

Lil Jon, the self-proclaimed King of Crunk, owns "the largest diamond pendant" on the planet, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Blaring "Crunk Ain't Dead," the piece contains 3,756 round-cut white diamonds (equivalent to some 73 carats) set into 18-karat gold. Weighing roughly 12 pounds and standing over 7 inches tall, the pendant is estimated to be worth $500,000.

Elizabeth Taylor

The Krupp Diamond

Taylor lords over a legendary jewelry collection that includes the Krupp Diamond, a 33.19 emerald cut stone that Richard Burton bought for her at auction in 1968 for $305,000. The gem was once owned by Vera Krupp of the German steel and munitions family. In 2003, following the release of her memoir, Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry, Taylor remarked to Larry King, "I thought how poetic ... if a nice little Jewish girl like me ended up owning it." (Taylor had by then converted for her marriage to Eddie Fisher.)

Pharrell Williams

Solid Gold BlackBerry

Last summer the hip-hop performer-producer showed off an 18-karat gold-plated BlackBerry 8700, designed by hip-hop's preferred jeweler, Jacob Arabo. The indulgent upgrade has caught on. In July Samsung announced it would offer a gold-plated phone in China in honor of the Beijing Olympics slated for the summer of 2008. No word on how much it will cost.

Jennifer Lopez

Pink Diamond Engagement Ring

In 2002 actor Ben Affleck proposed to Jennifer Lopez and is believed to have given her a 6.1-carat pink solitaire diamond from Harry Winston said to be worth $1.2 million. Pinks are among the rarest diamonds in the world. Only a handful are mined every year. A year after "Bennifer" split in 2004, the ring went back on the market.

Ellen Barkin

Diamond Thread Ring By JAR

Last year sexy actress Ellen Barkin washed her billionaire ex-husband out of her hair by auctioning off the staggering bling that Revlon Chairman Ronald Perelman gifted her over the course of their five-and-a-half year marriage. A private American collector paid $1.8 million for her elongated oval-cut diamond ring, weighing some 22.76 carats, within a diamond-set two-tiered threadwork gallery and hoop, all mounted in platinum. All told, the auction brought in $20.4 million in sales.

Halle Berry

Pumpkin Diamond Ring

The actress sported the Harry Winston-owned 5.54-carat cushion-shaped diamond when she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Monster's Ball in 2002. Named for both its unusual hue and because the House of Winston acquired it a day before Halloween, the Pumpkin Diamond is the world's largest Fancy Vivid Orange diamond and boasts an estimated value of $3 million.

Madonna

Mink and Diamond Eyelashes

Created for the material mom by Shu Uemura Artistic Director Gina Brooke, these falsies are made of custom mink and are adorned with .75 carats' worth of diamonds. Madonna sported the lashes in the video for her 2005 single "Sorry." Similar lashes retail at Neiman Marcus for $10,000.